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Back-formation
/bæk-fɔrmˈeɪʃən/
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noun
back-formation
n. (Linguistics)
1.
A word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it, such as emote from emotion.
2.
The process of inventing a back-formation (1).
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